{"id":686672,"date":"2026-05-22T16:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/686672\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T16:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:22:08","slug":"toronto-city-council-votes-down-asking-doug-ford-for-a-referendum-on-billy-bishop-airport-expansion-toronto-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/686672\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto city council votes down asking Doug Ford for a referendum on Billy Bishop airport expansion &#8211; Toronto Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAJBVV95cUxPVlNXMGZxR2xhM3JnYXJ2VEt2SFlPR1pPeTI0b2NGaGtsdHk4dUQ0YUxfRXJNQUhzYXNhZjFQa2x5N1lmMXJ4VWVXcUFRY09Sc3RERmJrcmcxOXZiQ0l1MVI5aEpnSm93a1E3ZHUyOE83NTBWT3ZnclJHYXpLaGlDYk1QS05oSEtwVXBQZ2gxa01KemoxMW82UGF5VE1qMGVtTXFNTGRPakJZcy12Zmx6N1BrNm81UVFaOXVPUEh6ejV3eXEzUG9zNE9fdlkycnZWU0phWW9SMTlJRWJSQkx4MWRLbmxiRzRRYjN3dWV4UlI1TDlvOVpRUlNFWldtcTVtNHUtag?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Toronto city council votes down asking Doug Ford for a referendum on Billy Bishop airport expansion<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1AFBVV95cUxOS3drcmdfN3pQRTAxaTFOc0U4bXVnY1hHNkd0Njd1ODlBdG42aXprR1RhaUZyOXMzcDdGSzNXUEJNWGJjVWg3YXJkQllUaWFFS3Y3ZFcwTi1FcUVRWkFoRGQxNVlYcGQxMExRRzhhZU8yVEdZX1l1N2N0Z0M1eHlxbHk4bXBvbkFMZ1UyYlM0QjdxWkFDQm9BUXdPcFcyY1V4LTFGcGhVNWk1eEtmVEZmWEkyTTBmTEdpanVwNm81X2F4UnRnZHBOdHU2Nkt4QXhnZmNvcg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">City councillor&#8217;s vote against referendum question on Ford government&#8217;s Billy Bishop expansion plans<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CityNews Toronto<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxNVEVYbmpTNHU3ckw1ZTJpclFFY3R2UXl3R3pMVkNCOU95OUdPZFh6Y2g1YTA0UVJHd2VKdjRiWVpkNm9PSE9KNlNLLTc0VWpmbjRNcVVCRlFZSkZtbUc5Umowb0FDbmZuV2tYRFU5R0otOGFoT3NoRWkwNnVFSy11b3ZkYkdISXNaT1hXN2ZQZTdKRUcwOFhPY3IwOGc3dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Billy Bishop Airport expansion could cost $4-billion to $5-billion, port authority CEO says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Globe and Mail<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxOVEFLYmRPSWdOTERvRlNoZHNCOFhQWE01c3lOdWpNU3I4RDQ1VkZVX1VqN0h0QVY1ZXpQd0V1OEFab21mOTNVX0VxVWNBeHMtbUZrandYYmhhVDJMREYxZ2lSWE8tdFZsODF0Y09lMjhqTWNQV2FocTVVNU9pbjlyOHJQUmpXWFR0NVk3SUF3TzFMX2t2d3k1WUlDeUxTcDA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Queen\u2019s Park says bringing jets to Billy Bishop would add $8.5 billion a year to the economy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Life<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxNQmZYQzRNQV8zR0tGM29IOXVUb0Vrb01jdk1sOUhZY2tZQ0hqNzVVZDU0Vnh5cnNCLXFFU1ptTVg5U2RDX1pvNWVIZm9VX2FhNV94bGxCT3pOOWlaSE52aEZuVkdjZUM1NFZ1akFRQkw1enhMY3Njd0FOWDBvYkZ0NGd3azNsVzJBbk1ib0hQN3VSdmRKeFZtZVBsMnBienZyZk1Fb1pRQVFLR2ZsdUhZX2JfNEU5eTJFSVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Toronto island airport expansion will cost up to $5 billion, port authority says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto city council votes down asking Doug Ford for a referendum on Billy Bishop airport expansion&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto StarCity councillor&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-686672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}